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W1seGuy writeup and attack path

W1seGuy is a easy Linux machine on TryHackMe that I solved myself. This page is my short attack path summary and the techniques it trains.

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PlatformTryHackMe
Operating systemLinux
DifficultyEasy
Time to user12m
Time to root30m
User owned2026-08-15
Root owned2026-08-15

Attack path summary

Analyze the XOR encryption key reuse pattern to recover the key and decrypt the flag.

Techniques

Cryptography XOR Python

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